Completely unsubstantiated "market sources" rumors are making the rounds that Prime View International (PVI), producer of most of the E Ink panels that are out there, is ready to begin mass production of flexible e-paper by Q2 2009 and of color e-paper by the end of this year. Yes, I know, this has been dragging on forever, but at least we're now talking about feasible dates and we won't have to wait too long before finding out whether these rumors are all true.

I'd love to have a flexible reader if for nothing more than the increased durability it will likely bring. Larger and with color could also bring the much sought after textbook market.

It's my understanding that this is the whole idea with these first gen screens. They aren't actually going to roll up like the Readius technology.

Anyways... having had my PRS500 screen crack, I can understand Zelda's paranoia. I've been trying to hold out for a device that features the flexible screens. Yet they keep getting delayed! I really hope this rumor pans out.

I imagine that I'm going to be upgrading my e-reader every couple of years with all the changes and improvements coming our way.

The main thing that I want is an e-reader with a bigger screen that can displays PDFs designed for an 8 1/2" by 11" page. The PDF support would also make producing books for the e-reader much easier. That is item number one on my wishlist.

Number two on my list is a bigger screen that can display PDFs -- I REALLY want this feature.

Number three on the wishlist is color. I have some children's books that have color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Kate Greenaway, Maxfiald Parrish, and many other elite illustrators. I'd love to have e-book versions of these books. Plus, I also read a fair amount of non-fiction textbook type books, which sometimes use color pictures to help provide information, and I'd like to have these books as e-books as well. I also read several magazines that are of course printed in color. Once again, I'd like to have them on my e-reader. (I'm taking the assertion that color will be here by the end of year with a grain of salt.)

A flexible screen isn't high on my must have list, but I would like more durability. So if flexible screens provide that durability then great. I just have this image in my head of me carrying around a rolled up screen, and then trying to make it lay flat, but it keeps rolling up on me as I get more and more frustrated.

A screen capable of displaying moving images (i.e. video) is also not a must have for me. I DO WANT the fast refresh rate, but I think I'd prefer the backlit PC (or huge TV) for videos. I'd probably upgrade to an e-reader that can provide video, but it's not a must have for me.

(Zelda, I can't !!
My time travel license was confiscated after I was caught by the Time Cops (yeah, the ones with Van Damme) doing 150 days/hour on the inter-time highway in my brand old DeLorean.
Damn those Jovians, and their VentureFortyTwos (Time-travelling versions of the VentureOne) !! If it weren't for them we'd still be free to go as fast as we want on the inter-time highway.
I could tell you about my journey to get back home after being stranded with my car confiscated, but I've been fined 3 minutes per hour, so I don't really have the time.)

My time travel license was confiscated after I was caught by the Time Cops

There was a hilarious time travel "thread" somewhere. It was about all the newbee travelers talking about how they went back and killed Hitler... and how all the time cops stopped them. It was really funny. Ah here is the link:

There was a hilarious time travel "thread" somewhere. It was about all the newbee travelers talking about how they went back and killed Hitler... and how all the time cops stopped them. It was really funny. Ah here is the link: